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A convicted sex murderer may be charged with the murder of Rachel Nickell, who was stabbed to death on Wimbledon common, southwest London, in 1992. The Crown Prosecution Service believes it has sufficient evidence to prosecute the man, who is being held at Broadmoor hospital for killing a woman and her daughter 16 months after Nickell’s murder.

Biggest ship docks at Felixstowe

Crowds gathered at Felixstowe, Suffolk, to watch the biggest container ship in the world dock with 45,000 tons of Christmas presents from China. The MS Emma Maersk is 225ft high and as wide as a motorway. Its cargo of toys, books, computers, Christmas crackers, decorations and food, is destined for Britain and other countries in Europe.

Six killed in Gaza airstrikes

The Israelis killed six Palestinians in airstrikes on Gaza on the fourth day of an offensive against the border town of Beit